Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 109, Shloka 28
सत्यधर्मप्रतिपादनम्
Rama’s Defense of Truth and Dharma in Reply to Jabali
कर्मभूमिमां प्राप्य कर्तव्यं कर्म यच्छुभम्।अग्निर्वायुश्च सोमश्च कर्मणां फलभागिनः।।2.109.28।।
karmabhūmim imāṃ prāpya kartavyaṃ karma yac chubham |
agnir vāyuś ca somaś ca karmaṇāṃ phala-bhāginaḥ || 2.109.28 ||
Tendo chegado a este «campo da ação», deve-se cumprir o dever auspicioso que há de ser feito; pois Agni, Vāyu e Soma participam dos frutos dos ritos.
Having reached this land of (religious) actions, one should perform auspicious rites. As fruit of their actions, Agni, Vayu and Soma have obtained their status.
FAQs
Dharma is action-oriented: life is a karmabhūmi where auspicious duties must be performed, and ritual-moral causality (karma and its fruits) is affirmed.
Rāma argues against skepticism by invoking the traditional doctrine that rites yield results and are woven into cosmic order, acknowledged even through the deities named.
Reverence for duty: Rāma stresses commitment to prescribed action rather than abandoning dharma for convenience.